Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012 – Blue Stage Preview

Now that we’ve gone Yellow, let’s turn our attention to Blue. Traditionally Fun Fun Fun Fest’s Blue Stage dedicates itself to things electronic, experimental, hip hop and/or danceable. Often their artists offer at least three of the four and though many of the acts this year are not exactly what I’d consider my cup of tea there’s still a shit load worth considering.

Seriously.

The Blue Stage is where I was introduced to Big Freedia so show it some goddamn respect, okay?

Okay.

Rockit.

FRIDAY! 11/2!

11:55AM-12:25PM – 10 YR – A soul funk soul band from Austin, TX founded by Yadira Brown and Dwayne “D-Madness” Jackson and employing the collaborative skills of a whole bunch of other mothers. It’s pronounced “ten-yer” not “ten year” so, you know..BOOSH!

12:30-1:00PM – Orthy – Laid back and dreamy multi instrumental electronic pop music most recently reminiscent of that Animal Collective record where they listened to too much Beach Boys but infinitely less art school.

4:55-5:35PM – Astronautalis – Once a rapper, now a swooner of sorts born of the Texas soil and partial to the whiskey road. More electric soul.

5:40-6:25PM – El Ten Eleven – A proggy post math power rock duo who loathe being referred to as proggy, mathy or post (though they are, in fact, a powerful duo) and play pretty awesome, almost epic instrumental music that never lets talent get in any given song’s way. Choice.

6:30-7:00PM – Special Performance (featuring The Black Lips) – I’m just going to go ahead and assume this is going to be some drunken fauxmo blow job/vomit contest because it’s the Black Lips and they’re special like that.

7:05-7:50PM – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Northwestern hip hop that sincerely gives a damn about being wise and right but parties like mad with a violin and trumpet in the band.

7:55-8:40PM – Bun B – A rapper, lecturer and once part of UGK who I’ll opt not to judge harshly for including that goddamn Canadian child actor on this track.

8:45-9:45PM – Dillon Francis – I can’t tell if Dillon Francis is one person or two but however you ascribe their electro dance underpants, they look like fucking Craig Kilborn.

SATURDAY! 11/3!

12:00-12:30PM – Love Inks – Easy breezy gloomy tunes. I keep thinking I like this band and really, truly keep meaning to see them but – somehow – never do.

1:45-2:25PM – Daughn Gibson – An ex trucker who plays a really fucking unique laptop country goth croon that I can’t tell is total genius or almost wholly insufferable. Music for the gritty Twin Peaks reboot.

2:30-3:10PM – Anamanaguchi – Chiptune? Fuck you.

3:15-3:55PM – DMC – DMC as in, like, Darryl McDaniels? Huh.

4:00-4:40PM – Kreayshawn – I don’t give a shit how self-aware Kreayshawn is, her music is the worst and listening to it makes you a bad person.

3:05-3:40PM – Nite Jewel – I really wanted to be on board with Nite Jewel because, seriously, fuck Grimes but I have yet to find the appropriate mood for the sour synthy retro dance gloom. This video rules, though.

3:45-4:25PM – Class Actress – I honestly don’t know why I like this band but I do. I think it’s the nylons.